Rain properties controlling soil splash detachment

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-282

  Salles, Christian ^a,b   Poesen, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Disdrometry; Optical spectro pluviometer; Rain erosivity; Raindrop size; Splash detachment

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DROP FORMATION; EROSION; KINETIC ENERGY; RAIN GAGES; SAND; SOILS; SPECTROMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DISDROMETRY; OPTICAL SPECTROPLUVIOMETER; RAIN EROSIVITY; RAINDROP SIZE; SOIL SPLASH DETACHMENT; SPLASH CUPS;

RAIN;

EROSIVITY; INTERRILL EROSION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SAND; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 0034652792     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(20000215)14:2<271::AID-HYP925>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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